Daily Archives: May 16, 2011

When direct sowing radish, lettuce, carrots, beets, kale, broccoli,etc plan to moisten the surface at least once a day (two or three times is better!) while germination is proceeding. The key is consistency! If seeds begin to germinate and then dry out, that could be the end of it for that seed. Some seeds, like …

WOW, what May Day weather! Working in my intensely producing raised bed, I finished pulling out most of the cilantro (which has been in various stages of blooming for a couple weeks) in a snow storm! Some of the almost two foot cilantro stalks, along with large spinach and kale leaves, were shielding stunted snap …